(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

(chiefly Canada, US and England dialect) Strong simple past tense of dive / (nonstandard) past participle of dive

A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. / An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.

plural of dove

(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dove; dovelike.

(Southern US) The common ground dove, Columbina passerina.

A species of pigeon (Columba oenas) in the bird family Columbidae (pigeons and doves).

Any of several species of bird in the genera Geotrygon and Starnoenas of the pigeon family found in the Americas.

Any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia, Reinwardtoena and Turacoena of the pigeon family.

A dove of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. These colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves are found in the forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is a large genus with about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.